Does infection with Leishmania protect against Covid-19?

Immunol Lett. 2023 Jan:253:28-29. doi: 10.1016/j.imlet.2023.01.001. Epub 2023 Jan 2.

Authors

Nasreddine Saidi¹, Refka Jelassi²

Affiliations

¹ Laboratoire de Recherche, Parasitoses Médicales, Biotechnologies et Biomolécules, LR 20-IPT-06, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Université Tunis El-Manar, Tunis 1002, Tunisia. Electronic address: nasreddine.saidi@pasteur.utm.tn.
² Laboratoire de Recherche, Parasitoses Médicales, Biotechnologies et Biomolécules, LR 20-IPT-06, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Université Tunis El-Manar, Tunis 1002, Tunisia.

No abstract available

Keywords: Co-infection; Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Leishmania; NTDs; SARS-CoV-2; Visceral leishmaniasis.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Humans
Leishmania*
Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous*
Leishmaniasis, Visceral*